Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) This regulation applies if there are published technical standards that relate to the design, construction, commissioning, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of an applicable asset owned or operated by the relevant asset operator.
(2) A safety management system for the applicable asset must—
(a) list all of the published technical standards that the relevant asset operator will comply with when designing, constructing, commissioning, installing, operating, maintaining and decommissioning the applicable asset; and
(b) if the relevant asset operator chooses not to comply with a particular published technical standard, specify requirements for the design, construction, commissioning, installation, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of the applicable asset—
(i) that will ensure a level of safety in relation to those activities that is at least equal to or greater than the level of safety that would ensue from compliance with that standard; and
(ii) that the relevant asset operator will comply with when carrying out those activities.
(3) If the safety management system complies with subregulation (2)(b), the safety management system must also include an explanation as to why compliance with subregulation (2)(b) was chosen.